The word ‘Contents’ are displayed largely, brightly, and boldly, to inform the reader this is the contents page, and to give the page a title. Most contents pages have this so it is a convention of contents pages.
A large image dominates most of the contents page, giving a slight insight on what is going to be inside the magazine.
A preview of one of the pages that will be in the magazine… This isn’t so common but it is a good feature to have because it will make people interested in that particular article and want to go read it. It is good they also included the page numbers they are on, they may also be the biggest stories in the magazine and they are promoting them
Stories (mostly band names) are used in a bold font, to catch your eye and make reading easier
Contents pages often feature an editor’s note, which just gives editors insight on the issue and allows them to send out a message if they wish too. Most contents pages feature these however not all do
Shows what posters are on offer and what page they start, so people can straight away take the posters out if that’s what they want
Kerrang have used the contents page to promote their subscription offer, but it is kept at the bottom right (the least important) place of the page, I think they done this in order to make more money, but they don’t want it to seem like their main priority
The contents are split into sections, making browsing for a particular topic easier.
The un-important writing is kept to a un-bold and smaller font, this helps the reader distinguish the titles from the information inside and it gives a clearer look, and easier to read
Featuring guitars, drum kit, as a band plays live (conventions of the music genre) this makes it clear what music genre the magazine focuses on
NME Contents:
NME does not use the word ‘Contents’ to say this is the contents page, instead they use ‘NME this week’ this still tells us this is the contents page and it is the biggest writing on the page and it stands out the most.
Big main images dominate the contents page and they are the first thing you see, they make the contents page look more interesting to look at and they tell us what bands are featuring in the magazine
Title in a big, bold font, as always, this makes it one of the first things you see as you see the page, and it will draw fans of Oasis in and make them want to read the article
Just like Kerrang, NME features an article on their contents page to get an insight to what the issue is about and to promote themselves. They will always use a popular story here, as it may be what makes up someone’s mind whether they buy the issue or not
Just like Kerrang, NME also offers a subscription offer, both are placed in the bottom however the only difference is the placement of them and the size. NME make it more obvious they want people to subscribe
‘The UK’s number one’ making the magazine look better and a good promotion line Extra’s’ section so you get an even deeper view of what is going to be in the issue
Sub headings after the main heading are just bold, like in Kerrang. It is a convention for contents pages to have bold headings and sub headings
Main articles are a different colour, font, size and boldness (thickness) to all the other writing, to make them stand out more and giving it a better effect and nicer to look at, making it easier to navigate
Contents pages always feature the date under the ‘headline’ of the title.
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